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George Floyd

Published
July 22, 2021

Review of June 2020 protest describes restraint by Portland police officers amid chaos

Last year's June 1 protest of George Floyd's killing was largely peaceful, but clashes after nightfall posed an unprecedented challenge for police, who could have been better prepared, a report concludes.
Published
June 27, 2021

Minnesota lawmakers reach deal on policing measures

The draft bill includes provisions regulating the use of no-knock warrants and the creation of a police misconduct database.
Published
June 26, 2021

Impact of Derek Chauvin case on policing yet to be seen, experts say

The outcome doesn't address deep-rooted issues of race and violence affecting police interactions with minorities that don't result in charges or convictions against officers.
Published
June 19, 2021

Amid reform movement, some GOP states give police more power

States where lawmakers pushed back include Arizona, Iowa, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wyoming.
Published
June 19, 2021

Video of police officer kneeling on neck of Black 14-year-old boy prompts outrage in Montreal

The teen does not appear to have been physically harmed by the encounter on June 10.

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Published
June 11, 2021

Pulitzer Prizes awarded for coverage of pandemic, racial injustice protests

The Associated Press and The New York Times each won two Pulitzers, the most prestigious prize in journalism, first awarded in 1917.
Published
June 2, 2021

State seeks 30 years for Chauvin; defense wants time served

The former Minneapolis police officer was convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd.
Published
June 1, 2021

Chauvin makes appearance on federal charges in Floyd’s death

The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder ippears in court for allegedly violating Floyd's civil rights.
Published
June 1, 2021

Biden decries ‘horrific’ Tulsa massacre in emotional speech

His commemoration of the deaths of hundreds of Black people killed by a white mob a century ago comes amid the current national reckoning on racial justice.
Published
May 25, 2021

Artists and activists gather in Portland to mark anniversary of George Floyd’s death

The event was held on Congress Street to memorialize Floyd, the Black man whose murder by a white Minneapolis police officer touched off a year of racial reckoning.